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IBF #5 and WBA #13 super welterweight Liam Smith (19-0-1, 9 KOs) looked strong in the eight-round drubbing of durable Pole Robert Talarek. Smith, 26, one of four fighting Smith brothers of Liverpool, didn't give his opponent that much of a chance for survival, throwing everything but a kitchen sink at him.
Talarek, 31, who has never been stopped before that, stood firm but entirely defensive. He was hurt with several uppercuts in the fourth and was almost doubled up by several well-laced body shots in the fifth. Smith continued to dominate the subsequent rounds, until one of his punches produced a nasty cut over Talarek's left eye. The referee stopped the fight soon thereafter on advice of the ringside physician. Time was 2:11 of the eighth. Talarek is now 10-9-2, with 5 KOs.
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Talarek, 31, who has never been stopped before that, stood firm but entirely defensive. He was hurt with several uppercuts in the fourth and was almost doubled up by several well-laced body shots in the fifth. Smith continued to dominate the subsequent rounds, until one of his punches produced a nasty cut over Talarek's left eye. The referee stopped the fight soon thereafter on advice of the ringside physician. Time was 2:11 of the eighth. Talarek is now 10-9-2, with 5 KOs.
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